The exchange then sees a request from a tactical analyst asking for “connections to anyone associated with the Pakistani state,” to which Burton responded that there was evidence to implicate “several within ISI and Pakistani military, less than 12.”

The information is then elaborated on in a later response to include “Mid to senior level ISI and Pak Mil with one retired Pak Mil General that had knowledge of the OBL arrangements and safe house.”

The ISI chief, Ahmed Pasha, had offered to resign at about the same time this email exchange took place, and Burton speculated that the offer could make Pasha the “fall guy for domestic consumption.” In the end, Pasha did not resign.

I wonder if Wikileaks is holding any emails that would indicate that "high-ranking" members of the USG also knew where OBL was encamped. Maybe even the Shrub? Old family ties and business partners run strong for these people…just sayin'…

Just seems like this guy Fred Burton has a tendency to put everything down in writing – touting his "access" to otherwise classified data despite his not being associated with the government anymore. Perhaps there's a leak at State? Or maybe some House Republican staffer – or member? Maybe DOJ should be looking at Burton's "access?"

You might want to try reading the actual story. While any item conceivably could be propaganda or disinformation, it's not obvious that this particular item is.

It is not a public statement from Stratfor.

It is an allegedly hacked/leaked internal Stratfor communication.

So in assuming that it's propaganda/disinformation, you're assuming that either it was intentionally leaked or that Stratfor conducts internal propaganda/disinformation operations.

Which?

Either way, Antiwar.com is not "quoting Stratfor as a source." We didn't ask them any questions, nor did they offer us any answers. We're quoting a Wikileaks dump of allegedly compromised Stratfor internal communications.

They are absolute crap. This too was a leaked Strafor memo that the internet laughing out loud. If you read it, you'll understand why. They are nothing but a whole lotta left wingers on massive quantities of anti-psychotic meds for recreational purposes, it appears:http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/isr…

This is the kind of thing that can confuse the living crap out of many. Because WikiLeaks leaked it, doesn't mean that it's true. Strafor is one of the most delusional outfits I've seen outside the right wing and the Israel government.

Starfor likes to talk about "situational awareness". One of the things this refers to is the government pays people to monitor chat rooms, comments in forums , websites throughout the world. This is one way the implement "situational awareness".

The framers of our constitution actually intended that it be the other way around. They intended that we should watch the government not for the government to watch us. "Situational Awareness" such a cute , Orwellian term. I bet someone got a raise for coming up with that term.

Stratfor is one of the best comedy routines to come along in a long time. Yesterday, Ha'aretz had a spread from the WikiLeaked cables which showed that the Kurds – with Israel's help and under their instructions – had blown up all of Iran's nuclear facilities. LOL!

Today, Stratfor had an article on its site purporting to analyze US foreign policy. They listed US warmongering and explained that during the period of WWII to 2001, there was peace with the exception of some "minor squirmishes" (their words). According to them, even Viet Nam didn't happen. LOL x 2!http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/state-world-explai…

I'd caution anyone to be very, very careful with this stuff and not taking it as face value just because it's coming from WikiLeaks.

Bin Laden most likely died in late 2001 early 2002. None of the released videos of him have him saying anything about anything going on after 911. He was on permanent Dialysis in early 2001, and gosh no hint of anything like that where the soon to be Departed Seals blew away the fake OBL.